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See also:COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the See also:Late See also:Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, See also:bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or See also:district) , a See also:mess-See also:mate or " comrade " (a See also:term which itself has a similar origin, meaning one who shares the same See also:camera or See also:room) . " See also:Companion " is particularly used of soldiers, as in the expression " companion in arms," and so is the See also:title of the lowest See also:rank in a military or other See also:order of See also:knighthood; the word is also used of a See also:person who lives with another in a paid position for the See also:sake of See also:company, and is looked on rather as a friend than a servant; and of a pair or match, as of pictures and the like . Similar in ultimate origin but directly adapted from the Fr. chambre de la compagne, and Ital. camera della compagna, the See also:storeroom for provisions on See also:board See also:ship, is the use of "companion" for the framed windows over a hatchway on the See also:deck of a ship, and also for the hooded entrance-stairs to the See also:captain's See also:cabin . |
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